Pop goes the weasel

Concepcion Poblete call this the 'jack in the box' tunic. I don't know why. What I do know is that if this popped out of my jack-in-the-box I would rip it off her and put it on myself. So there.

She was so sweet, so innocent

She was so sweet, so innocent
Until potato-peeler came to town
So white and shiny
Impossible to put down

She wore a gorgeous floral skirt
That no one could resist
By Dot and Herbey none the less
Vintage with a twist

'Ah potato-peeler!'
The town folk they exclaimed
He brought her to a brave new world
Now 'wanton' is her middle name

Black widow

Black widow
- noun

• the common name for venomous spider, Latrodectus mactans
• Marvel comic super-spy character, Natalia Romanova/Natasha Romanoff sometimes goes by above namesake
  
• a fitting way to describe the dangerous sexiness of this Kbad wool dress
  

Memories of times past

Back in the 90s I wore Doc Martens with everything and had a disturbing penchant for flannelette shirts worn with $10.99 floor-length hippy skirts purchased from the Victoria Market. What I should have been wearing was this amazing floaty dress by Limedrop, which hits all the right notes of the Reality-Bites-pass-me-a-cigarette-and-play-The-Meanies-right-now! era without the hideously-unflattering-you-look-like-you-need-a-good-shower aspect.

Ah, if only I knew then what I know now...

Dear head: part 2

Dear head,

It's me again. Sorry to bother you, but I have been having a bit of a dilemma since I last wrote. You see, I just stumbled across this amazing dove grey scarf and now can't decide which piece of Kyoko neck-wear would most flatter me.

Do you think you could purchase both? That way, on those days you decide to wear blue eye-shadow there will be no issues re. clashing colour combinations. You must know how sensitive I am to such things.

Once again, no pressure. I mean, I have been cold and lonely for so long, what's a few more weeks of frost bite and homeliness?

Regards,

Cold and lonely neck

Dear head

Dear head,

Sometimes it gets so cold and lonely sitting below your crowning glory. You get to have a face with eyes and a nose and even ears. You get to eat and go to the hairdresser and decorate yourself with makeup. What do I get? Nothing!

That's why I have finally mustered up the courage to write and beg you for some decoration. Some fun. A life. I deserve it after all these years propping you up with no recognition.

This Kyoko scarf would be just the thing. It's pure wool and handmade and certainly not itchy like some of those nasty things you've wrapped around me in the past.

Anyway, have a think about it. No pressure.

Yours sincerely,

Cold and lonely neck

After six pints will your power suit be enough to keep you standing?

You've got it right Trinny and Susannah. The ol' power suit aint always as almighty as she seems.

But this Dot and Herbey jacket? She delivers.